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Wine for Normal People

Ep 471: The Best Wine Pairings with Mexican and TexMex

Wine for Normal People

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week we see if there are any wines that can stand up to Mexican food. As with all our episodes like this, we ordered a lot of traditional Mexican and TexMex dishes that included common ingredients. Then we paired up wines that are most commonly recommended, plus a few that I think may be good options that most people don't talk about.

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As we always do, we went through lots of wine and food combos and some really nasty pairings to get the results. True to form, conventional wisdom mostly failed us and what worked really well sort of surprised us.

Although we all have different preferences and palates, this show may give you an idea of what works with Mexican and the reasons why. I always find it particularly interesting to sit down and test these recommended pairings because often I think the people recommending them are pairing based on theory, rather than on reality. Take a listen, test it out, see for yourself.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery

0:12.6

that goes with it.

0:16.0

I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book, and certified

0:20.0

wine dork.

0:21.0

And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.

0:24.3

This podcast is brought to you by Wine Access, partner of the Michelin Guide and Wire Cutters

0:30.0

Top Wine Club.

0:31.6

Listen in the middle of the show for more details and go to wineaccess.com slash WFNP to

0:38.3

see the awesome wines that I'm drinking right now.

0:42.3

We skipped the podcast last week because I was so busy and I do need to thank Tom Wark,

0:50.2

who's been a guest on this show many times.

0:51.8

You got a brag about where you were.

0:53.6

I was at the National Association of Wine Retailers Conference.

0:58.5

Excuse me.

0:59.5

It was in Miami, and it was very fun.

1:03.3

I had a great time, drank some outstanding wines because there was a bring your own bottle

1:07.7

party.

1:08.7

Right.

1:09.7

I felt wholly inadequate.

1:10.7

What did you bring?

1:11.7

Boons?

1:12.7

No, so there was a really great little wine shop with this French guy who helped me and

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